Night Shift Registered Nurse (RN) - Orthopedic Surgical Unit

Inova Health System; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 52,348 - 68,880; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Retirement match 5%

Tuition and student loan assistance

Mental health support sessions

Paid time off and parental leave

Job summary

The Inova Alexandria Hospital Ortho Surgery Unit is seeking a Registered Nurse to advance their career on the night shift, full time. This role offers a 12-hour night schedule (7pm–7am) with a sign-on bonus and relocation assistance.

Inova is a national leader in safety, quality and patient experience and is consistently recognized as a top employer in the DC area. A supportive network and strong team culture are core to daily practice.

Qualifications

• BSN from an accredited school of nursing.
• Minimum 1 year RN experience.
• BLS from American Heart Association.
• Licensed or eligible for licensure in Virginia as RN.

Responsibilities

• Performs comprehensive patient health assessments and interprets data to inform care.
• Forms individualized care plans based on assessment findings.
• Delivers patient- and family-centered care across the continuum.
• Advocates for patients' rights and coordinates with the healthcare team.
• Documents all patient care activities per standards and supports care transitions.

Skills

Compassionate patient care

Strong communication

Clinical assessment

Team collaboration

Patient education

Education

BSN degree

Virginia RN license

ADN-to-BSN within 5 years

Job description

The Inova Alexandria Hospital Ortho Surgery Unit is seeking a RN looking to take the next step in their journey, full time, night shift

Work schedule: 12 hour night (7pm - 7am)

Sign on Bonus & Relocation Bonus available

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation

Featured Benefits:

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offeringup to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offeringpaid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules.

The Registered Nurse provides knowledgeable and caring clinical practice and care coordination through an understanding of patients, families, nurses and healthcare delivery teams. Consistently provides safe and therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic way while incorporating differences into the provision of care and conducting all patient care in a patient/family centered manner. Integrates knowledge, skills and experiences to meet the needs of patients and families throughout the continuum, to include patient and family education. Communicates effectively and works cooperatively with others while having respect for and an understanding of other clinical disciplines. Determines processes for delivery of care from direct patient/family communication, technology and other healthcare team member collaboration.

Job Responsibilities

• Performs comprehensive patient health assessments by interpreting multiple data sets and synthesizing their interrelationships
• Formulates individualized plans of care based on assessment findings and interpreting trends in patient populations to achieve best practice
• Conducts all patient care in a patient and family centered manner, integrating knowledge, skills and experiences to meet the needs of patients and families throughout the continuum of care
• Advocates for patients' rights from the patient and family perspective and provides counsel while acting as a resource to resolve issues
• Accesses resources from all disciplines to achieve desired patient outcomes and coordinates healthcare and alternate services for patient/family transition planning
• Documents all patient care activities, as per documentation standards, and assists healthcare team members with documentation
• Evaluates the process to achieve outcomes, anticipates patient variances and makes revisions to plans of care
• Makes clinical decisions based on experience, patient population data and intuition while promoting the development of clinical decision making of all team members
• Communicates effectively, works cooperatively with others, and has respect for and an understanding of other clinical disciplines
• Assists staff to assess patients' learning needs and outcomes measurement of patient education
• Provides direction and guidance to others regarding practice while serving as a clinical resource, preceptor, and mentor and delegates patient care activities and coordinates unit activities as needed
• Utilizes standards, guidelines and pathways for care delivery and ensures that the process for delivery of care is synthesized from direct patient/family communication, technology and other healthcare team member collaboration
• Demonstrates evidence of self-development by obtaining a minimum of six formal contact hours and maintains own Team Member Continuing Education Record
• Evaluates clinical and quality outcomes and contributes to performance improvement initiatives
• May perform additional duties as assigned

Requirements

Education: BSN from an accredited school of nursing If RN has an Associate's Degree (ADN); must complete BSN within 5 years of start date

Experience: A minimum of 1 year of Registered Nurse clinical experience.

Certification: . BLS from American Heart Association (AHA)

License: Licensed or eligible for licensure in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse or an active multi-state Registered Nurse license.